Talk about being in denial. President Bush thought that voters should credit him for a great economy, even if they opposed the war. Just look at the numbers: low unemployment, low inflation, record profits, taxes down, stocks up. But in exit polls, half the voters called the economy "not good" or "poor." Only 31 percent said they were "getting ahead" financially. Someone's not in the loop. Is it the public or the prez? [...] The new wave?the one the public sees but Bush does not?is a pervasive feeling of permanent insecurity, says Yale political scientist Jacob Hacker, author of the...